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As the plastics treaty heads toward the finish line, the debate over limits or caps on virgin resin production has gotten louder, with the Biden administration and now some global businesses ...

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Advanced biodegradable plastics run rings around their predecessors New plastics with both improved toughness and biodegradability by including movable ring-based crosslinks Date: October 29, 2024 ...

Alternatives to petrochemical-based plastics are emerging, made from everything from banana leaves to tomato skins, especially for food packaging. But questions remain about how biodegradable and ...

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Whether as a sponsor or donor, a member or volunteer, or an employee or fellow, you can make a difference. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on ...

One liter of water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...